Gender, schmender - it's about choices:
In his new book, "Why Men Earn More - The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap and What Women Can Do About It," Farrell examines why men are earning more money these days and what women can do to start increasing their salaries. He outlines 25 ways that women can use to raise their salaries, while examining the trade-offs of each choice by changing career tracks, being more willing to travel internationally or working longer hours...
For example, because men commute 36 percent more than females, they end up earning $1,500 more per year. In another example, the average man works an additional year and half longer in his current occupation, and works between five and nine years overall. According to Farrell, for each additional year a man works he ends up earning 3 to 4 percent annual pay increase.
Until now, the root of the wage gap debate has been based on the presumption that women are discriminated against in the workplace, thus women ending up with lower salaries. But according to Farrell that has not been the case...
NOT THAT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DOESN'T EXIST, AND NOT THAT IT IS NOT ALWAYS - ALWAYS - WRONG!!!
But the great news for women, according to Farrell, is that "when women do those things they actually earn more than men."...
Among the top paying professions for women, according to Farrell is a sales engineer. A female sales engineer is paid 43 percent more than a male engineer.
When asked why that was the case, Farrell explained, "Many people just plain like women and that's especially true in the area of sales. Many women want secure paychecks, when in fact, women have a lot of qualities that make them better at sales than men are." Among those qualities include having the ability to be very verbal, organized and prepared.
"So female access to power, particularly when women are young, is enormous compared to men," said Farrell.
Choices + HOTTNESS, then.